"According to a team source, the Warriors now know that Ellis' ankle injury _ which was repaired during surgery on Aug. 27 _ was not sustained "in a gym," and "it happened out doors and not while playing basketball.""

i'm not excusing lying, but he is just a kid. i'm surprised this doesn't happen more often actually.

you have a bunch of 22 year olds earning millions and millions, they don't always have the best judgment and then they get scared.

Save your excuses. A 22 year old is more than able to make sound decisions. 5 year olds know the difference from right and wrong. 18 year olds are expected to make life decisions in the military. I was able to make decisions and know the consequences at 22.

Save your excuses. A 22 year old is more than able to make sound decisions. 5 year olds know the difference from right and wrong. 18 year olds are expected to make life decisions in the military. I was able to make decisions and know the consequences at 22.

i never said it was the right thing to do you moron. i said i can see it happening. and i don't think you've ever been in the position of losing $60 million.

Save your excuses. A 22 year old is more than able to make sound decisions. 5 year olds know the difference from right and wrong. 18 year olds are expected to make life decisions in the military. I was able to make decisions and know the consequences at 22.

Nobody is saying this wasn't a bad decision, just that this doesn't automatically make him a bad seed. Eveybody makes mistakes, and this was Monta's. When the league has multiple felons and peoeple who have done real crimes like sexual abuse and drug offenses I can't really get but so down on a guy that made a stupid decision and injured himself and then lied about it.

Nobody is saying this wasn't a bad decision, just that this doesn't automatically make him a bad seed. Eveybody makes mistakes, and this was Monta's. When the league has multiple felons and peoeple who have done real crimes like sexual abuse and drug offenses I can't really get but so down on a guy that made a stupid decision and injured himself and then lied about it.

But that's just it. When you sign that contract that says that a team is going to pay you $60 million, you have to adhere to certain guidelines. He's not an idiot for lying, but he is a jerk for doing something that could put his financial well being in jeopardy. It's just another example of the me first attitude that is absolutely killing sports. Radmanovic did the same stuff and he's a jerk too. If you want to get paid millions to play a game, it seems silly to do anything to put that in jeopardy.

But that's just it. When you sign that contract that says that a team is going to pay you $60 million, you have to adhere to certain guidelines. He's not an idiot for lying, but he is a jerk for doing something that could put his financial well being in jeopardy. It's just another example of the me first attitude that is absolutely killing sports. Radmanovic did the same stuff and he's a jerk too. If you want to get paid millions to play a game, it seems silly to do anything to put that in jeopardy.

how many 40 year olds do you know who would act the same was as ellis and radmanovic? probably not any i'm assuming...

it's a stupid showing in poor judgement, and that's the downside to giving young players so much influence.

Nobody is saying this wasn't a bad decision, just that this doesn't automatically make him a bad seed. Eveybody makes mistakes, and this was Monta's. When the league has multiple felons and peoeple who have done real crimes like sexual abuse and drug offenses I can't really get but so down on a guy that made a stupid decision and injured himself and then lied about it.

But don't you think it is important to actually admit your mistakes when you make them?

Let's say for example that two people are having a heated disagreement on ISH and you are reading the posts. The white person calls the black guy an a s s h o l e but without spacing the letters it looks like ******* and then you wrongly assume that the N-word was used because you are a pot-head.

So then you go and accuse someone of racism because you have chip on your shoulder. Let's say that the person you are accusing ( like just for example, me) then points out to you that I am not that type of person who has those feelings, and that ******* is a 7-letter word and the N-word has six.

Clearly you have made a mistake and someone has taken the time to mention it to you. Isn't it time to admit you were wrong, or do you just continue to ignore it because you are pot-smoking, race-based, ambulance-chasing Al Sharpton wanna-be, *******?

But don't you think it is important to actually admit your mistakes when you make them?

Let's say for example that two people are having a heated disagreement on ISH and you are reading the posts. The white person calls the black guy an a s s h o l e but without spacing the letters it looks like ******* and then you wrongly assume that the N-word was used because you are a pot-head.

So then you go and accuse someone of racism because you have chip on your shoulder. Let's say that the person you are accusing ( like just for example, me) then points out to you that I am not that type of person who has those feelings, and that ******* is a 7-letter word and the N-word has six.

Clearly you have made a mistake and someone has taken the time to mention it to you. Isn't it time to admit you were wrong, or do you just continue to ignore it because you are pot-smoking, race-based, ambulance-chasing Al Sharpton wanna-be, *******?